Buddha

"Great Master, you don't need to explain so much to a guest, I can't control you anyway. Please leave, I want to go to bed."

Jian Dun put his palms together, bowed to Li Huowang, and walked towards the door. Just as he brushed past Li Huowang, a light, airy sentence floated over.

"Don't look down on Buddhism. Before I became a monk, I was a Taoist. The Xuan Sect is actually the same, it's just that you don't know it."

Jian Dun left, leaving Li Huowang alone in the room. He turned his head and looked at the temple shrouded in darkness in the distance, no longer feeling any majesty or solemnity.

Li Huowang slowly exhaled towards the darkness, "This damn place is so dirty, is there no clean place?"

Since what happened that night, Li Huowang tried his best not to go out at night, so as not to ruin the monks' good deeds and incur resentment.

Days passed, and Li Huowang's mental state improved, and he basically stopped having nightmares.

Just as he was about to ask the Old Abbot when it would start, the Old Abbot sent someone over in advance.

"Benefactor Xuan Yang, preparations for the Pudu Grand Ritual are about to begin. This Dharma assembly is a huge expense, so please do not wander around these days."

"Okay, go back and tell the Old Abbot, I already know." Li Huowang said to the Little Shami in front of him.

As soon as the Little Shami left, a familiar figure flashed in, saying with a surprised expression, "Little Taoist, so you live here, why didn't you tell me?"

It was the Old Beggar from before, but now he was obviously different from his previous disheveled appearance.

He was wearing a brand-new yellow monk's robe, and there was no dirt on his face or body, making him look much more energetic.

Although he only had a chance encounter with this Monk, Li Huowang still felt close to him when he met such an acquaintance in this unfamiliar place.

"Monk, how are you doing here?"

"Not bad, I eat my fill and dress warmly every day now, but I can't do good deeds in the temple, which makes me a little uncomfortable."

As soon as good deeds were mentioned, Li Huowang immediately remembered what happened that night. He looked at the Old Monk in front of him and sighed softly. "Don't worry so much, just stay here. Although this temple is a bit dirty, at least you won't go hungry."

"Come on, Little Taoist, I'll take you to see where I work, it's a big place." The excited Old Monk pulled Li Huowang towards the door.

"The sun is so strong, let's wait until next time." Li Huowang was a little unenthusiastic, he had no interest in sightseeing in this temple.

"Come on!! You definitely won't regret coming to see it! There are so many interesting things!" Li Huowang was dragged out of the room by the Old Monk.

Following the Monk through twists and turns, Li Huowang came to a spacious open-air courtyard in Zhengde Temple.

Arriving here, he realized that this Zhengde Temple was really big.

"Clang clang clang!" Dust flew in the courtyard, and some monks with gauze wrapped around their tiger mouths were raising stone cones and hammers, sculpting Buddha statues.

The Buddha statues were in two rows, extending to the distance of the courtyard on the left and right.

Under the sunlight, the monks' bald heads shone brightly, and they waved their sweat and concentrated on carving their works of art.

"Is this where you work? The environment is not very good." Li Huowang frowned and covered his nose with his hand to avoid inhaling dust.

"Yes, I am responsible for moving useless broken stones. I also contributed to these Buddha statues." The Old Monk seemed very proud of his position.

The two walked to the road between the two rows of unfinished Buddha statues, observing the various forms of the works.

The monks who passed by them from time to time did not stop them, completely treating them as if they did not exist.

"Zhengde Temple definitely doesn't carve these things for its own use. It's obvious that they are sold to pilgrims. It seems that these monks are very capable of generating income." Li Huowang sarcastically thought to himself.

However, after what happened before, Li Huowang didn't feel surprised at all about these things.

"These are not the only ones! There are more ahead!" The Old Monk said excitedly, about to walk towards the front gatehouse.

Seeing him walk forward, Li Huowang lifted his foot to follow, but suddenly he felt a burst of dizziness, and his body began to sway.

"Hey, hey, hey, Little Taoist, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that something was wrong, the Old Monk quickly ran back to support him.

"What's going on?" After Li Huowang stood firm again, he shook his head vigorously, and the strange feeling gradually disappeared.

"Are you okay? Did you catch a cold? Why don't you go back and rest first?"

Li Huowang declined the Old Monk's kindness. "I'm fine, I'm very well, let's continue walking."

"Alright, anyway, if you really catch a cold, you should bask in the sun more. Then let's continue to look ahead."

Hearing this, Li Huowang looked up at the scorching sun above his head. "Could it be heatstroke? It's only been a few days since the New Year? I don't feel hot either."

Feeling that there was nothing wrong with his body, Li Huowang lifted his foot and was about to follow the Old Monk forward.

But as soon as his foot was raised, he noticed that the surrounding sounds had changed, no longer the clang of chisels striking stone, but the sound of flesh hitting together.

"Huh?" Li Huowang turned his head in confusion, looking towards the stone carvings on the right, his body instantly stiffened.

The stone carvings from just now had disappeared, replaced by a pile of white, fleshy mounds, all of them Monks.

The stone carvings that had been carving Buddha statues, they were piously closing their eyes, crowding together, their bodies constantly wriggling and thrusting like white maggots, engaging in carnal acts.

"This is... this is?" Li Huowang took a step back, his eyes wide open.

Li Huowang slowly raised his head, squinting at the dazzling sun above his head, he was not mistaken.

He slowly turned around, looking at the previous statues behind him, and as expected, they had all changed. Under the bright winter sun, there were dozens more mountains of flesh.

"Taoist! Hurry up and come!" The Old Monk shouted excitedly in front, like a child eager to show off something to his companions.

Li Huowang trembled, took a deep breath, lifted his foot and continued to walk forward, passing through the huge gatehouse, and another spacious courtyard appeared in front of them.

Here, there were still layers upon layers of flesh mountains, but these flesh mountains were no longer just people, but also some other things, such as pigs.

They were roaring in pain, but the flesh mountain formed by the devout Monks was like mud, trapping them in it.

"Look, the carved Qilin and Stone Lion are so lifelike, I wish I had this skill."

Li Huowang mechanically followed the Old Monk forward, continuing to watch the "works" of the Zhengde Temple monks. He saw dogs, saw horses, saw cows, saw donkeys.

After careful identification, he also discovered more abnormalities, that is, these Monks were all hermaphrodites!!

At this time, Li Huowang's mind was in a mess, buzzing.

Suddenly, the Old Monk's hand reached over, pulling him a few steps into an empty hall.

But the sound of slapping not only did not disappear, but became louder, echoing in the empty hall.

Li Huowang stiffly looked into the hall, as his head tilted higher and higher, the pupils in his eyes also shrank smaller and smaller.

"Look!" The Old Monk pointed upwards with his hand, a childlike smile on his face, and said with emotion in his tone, "What a big Buddha!"